In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Twin Cities Area
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance Building In...
The Germania Life Insurance Building was built in 1889 at Fourth Street and Minnesota in downtown...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Robbinsdale Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Townhomes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Greater Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth is full of off-the-beaten-path historical gems. I was photographing another building in the...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Endion Depot In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Milford Monument
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Little Marais Inn
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Le Sueur Theater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Ottawa
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Old Brewery In Preston
Remembering Quadna Resort
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Meyer School In St Augusta
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hanover Bridge
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Finding The Past In Swatara
Oxford Mill Ruin
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Green Lake Mounds
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lost Highway 61
The Church of the Holy Cross
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Little Falls Depot
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
District 48 School Near Delano
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Florence Town Hall
Welcome To Dotson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Franconia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hollywood Town Hall
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Wasioja
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Ruins of Sawyer School
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome to Hanska
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Red Wing Iron Works
District 6 School in New Sweden
State Theater In Hutchinson
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Visiting Golden Gate
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Almelund Creamery
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City